Doom Construction Kit (book)

The Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom is a book (ISBN 978-1571690036) by Joe Grant Bell and David Skrede that was published by Waite Group Press in. The book explained how to make Doom levels and other modifications for Doom. It was sold with a packaged CD-ROM containing the editing utilities described in the book:
 * Amazing Doom Editor (ADE II) v5.21
 * DeHackEd v2.2
 * DOOM Audio Editor (DMAUD) v1.1
 * DOOM Graphic Editor (DMGRAPH) v1.1
 * Doom Editing Utilities (DEU) v5.21
 * DOOM Music Editor (DMMUSIC) v1.0

The CD-ROM also contains other editors as "extras", though these are not the main focus of the book:
 * Doom Color Changer (DOOMCC2)
 * Doom Construction Kit (DCK) v2.0
 * EdMap v1.40
 * IDBSP

Synopsis
"This construction kit will appeal to all levels of DOOM and DOOM II video gamers. The heart of the book deals with modifying and customizing DOOM, and includes an overview of how DOOM works. The package includes profiles of monsters, weapons and terrain, basic editing of game levels, and a discussion of the finer points of level design."

- Publisher's description

Editions
There are two known editions of the book:
 * The Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom by Joseph Bell.
 * Doom Construction Kit: Mastering and Modifying Doom (without the article "the") by Joseph Bell and David Skrede.

The books have slightly different covers and, according to the information on them, different contents on the packaged CD.

Trivia

 * The level map depicted on the cover is of E2M4: Deimos Lab.